The Thirty-Nine Heads
Details
Friedrich Hundertwasser (b. 1928)
The Thirty-Nine Heads
signed and dated 'HUNDERTWASSER 1953' (lower right)
oil and pencil on canvas
21 1/4 x 38 in. (54 x 96.5cm.)
Painted in 1953
The Thirty-Nine Heads
signed and dated 'HUNDERTWASSER 1953' (lower right)
oil and pencil on canvas
21 1/4 x 38 in. (54 x 96.5cm.)
Painted in 1953
Provenance
Julian and Joachim Jean Aberbach, New York
Paul Facchetti, Paris
Anon. sale, Sotheby's New York, 1 December 1988, lot 667
Acquired from the above sale by Stphane Janssen
Paul Facchetti, Paris
Anon. sale, Sotheby's New York, 1 December 1988, lot 667
Acquired from the above sale by Stphane Janssen
Exhibited
Venice, XXX Biennale, 1960, no. 26.
Hannover, Kestner-Geselschaft, Hundertwasser, March-May 1964, no. 177 (illustrated in colour). This exhibition later travelled to Berlin, Kunsthalle, May-June 1964; The Hague, Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum, July-August 1964; Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, October-December 1964, and Stockholm, Moderna Museet, December 1964-January 1965.
Vienna, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Fritz Hundertwasser, February-March 1965, no. 35.
Berkeley, University Art Museum, Hundertwasser, October-November 1968, no. 25 (illustrated in colour p. 59). This exhibition later travelled to Santa Barbara, Museum of Art, December 1968-January 1969; Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts, January-March 1969; Chicago, The Art Club of Chicago, March-April 1969; New York, Galerie St. Etienne, May-June 1969 and Washington D.C., The Philips Collection, July-August 1969.
Hannover, Kestner-Geselschaft, Hundertwasser, March-May 1964, no. 177 (illustrated in colour). This exhibition later travelled to Berlin, Kunsthalle, May-June 1964; The Hague, Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum, July-August 1964; Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, October-December 1964, and Stockholm, Moderna Museet, December 1964-January 1965.
Vienna, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Fritz Hundertwasser, February-March 1965, no. 35.
Berkeley, University Art Museum, Hundertwasser, October-November 1968, no. 25 (illustrated in colour p. 59). This exhibition later travelled to Santa Barbara, Museum of Art, December 1968-January 1969; Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts, January-March 1969; Chicago, The Art Club of Chicago, March-April 1969; New York, Galerie St. Etienne, May-June 1969 and Washington D.C., The Philips Collection, July-August 1969.